they re loading up missile systems and armor. visible on satellite photos. are we a player on that on good footing? well, the trump administration isn t. it s sort this anachronistic scenario we have where we talk about the president separate from the administration, but it is true that for the duration of the trump presidency and even during the campaign, we did have questions about whether trump was willing to stand up to russia even before we knew a lot of these allegation s by muelle and the congressional investigators over the last several months, but the administration has, in fact, been tough on russia and has been in ukraine s corner, steadfastly, providing it with lethal arms, you know, issuing additional sanctions against russian oligarchs including some who are very close to vladimir putin, like oleg daraposka,
lethal arms, you know, issuing additional sanctions against russian oligarchs including some who are very close to vladimir putin, like oleg daraposka, really unprecedented sanctions, in fact. so, you know, whether the administration is prepared to deal with this, it appears as if that there are continue to be russia hawks in the administration who are setting policy even as trump has this sort of less aggressive rhetorical stance. and, you know, even apologetic rhetorical stance toward russia. on the letter from the 44 former senators, it s notable there that they are talking about this fraught geopolitical moment and the president s ability as frank figliuzzi sort of raised the skepticism of the president s ability to navigate this geopolitical situation where the issues we re talking about where the president faces the most legal exposure, thus far, are not related to russia. they are these campaign finance violations.
assignment. we tend to hear the same names over and over these days. names like paul manafort and oleg daraposka. g. klein preston the 4th, if you re a regular viewer of our shows, and you have a great memory, it might ring a bell. because last summer we spotted a curious alliance between putin s russia and conservatives like klein preston. we asked my colleague kelly cobiella to go to nashville to meet him. in trump s america. have you met him? have not. would you like to. g. klein preston iii, family man and christian conservative. russia everywhere here.
constantine colinik who also worked for the iri. he took over the moscow office when patton left in 2004. rarely caught on camera, colleagues nicknamed him the invisible man. court filings by mueller s office have linked him to russian intelligence. now he s better known as paul manafort s alleged partner in crime. the two of them are accused of promoting russian interests in ukraine. what happened inside that office? how did employees who were hired to promote democratic values end up working for the wrong side? well, we spoke to a source who we can t identify, but who worked very closely with kolinik there. he sent them to this building in moscow to pick up envelopes stuffed with cash and airline tickets. the building is the office of oleg daraposka, an he oligarch
doing everything they can prevent drug comesing from their country to ours. thank you. we do provide efforts within countries to help them eradicate. it s not totally successful. but that is one way in which we use some of that aid if it s directly contributed to the e rad if i case of drugs. thank you all. thank you, gentlemen, for your appearance. thanks to all of the men and women who you represent and the work they do for our country. mr. wray, are you aware of a gentleman by the name of oleg daraposka? i have heard the name. fair to call him a putin-linked russian oligarch? well, i ll leave that characterization to others. and certainly not in this setting. chuck grassley, the chairman of the judiciary committee, last week sent a letter to a